“We run a campaign at work and after an examination I found two lumps and had to go to see the GP.

“Thankfully, it was not found to be serious but I feel that there’s not enough awareness of these men’s cancers as there is about breast cancer.

“It was a good week, the last bit of the walk to Bowness-on-Solway which is about 10 miles further west of Carlisle.

“It was a bit strange as there’s not a lot of the wall left there, it was just road for the last few miles which is not good for your feet.

His wife Beryl who works at Bangor University added: “We carried everything we needed in our back packs and camped along the route.

“We had to collect six stamps along the way, you are given a passport and need to get it stamped at stations, to prove that you’ve done the walk.

“We’ve always enjoyed the countryside scenery and to have the history of the wall as well is a bonus.”

Hadrian’s Wall was built following a visit by Roman emperor Hadrian (AD 76–138) to Britain in AD 122.

Hadrian was experiencing military difficulties in Britain from the Pictish tribes of the North, and was keen to impose order.

However, the construction of such an impressive wall was probably also a symbol of Roman power, both in occupied Britain and in Rome.

Frontiers in the early empire were based more on natural features or fortified zones with a heavy military presence.

Hadrian reduced Roman military presence in the territory of the Brigantes (northern England) and concentrated on building a more solid linear fortification to the north of them to keep marauding Pict tribes from moving south